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[Laurent Saboret <>]

 a écrit :
> Could anyone help diagnose the following error?
>
> 1. I believe I have successfully compiled CGAL with VC8.  Using the CMAKE
> dialogue to create a VC8.sln file, from which the lib(s) are built.
> 2. I can compile a few of the example files.  But most example .exes give the
> following error message:
> "This application has failed to start because gmp-vc80-mt-gd.dll was not 
> found.
>  Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
>
> As far as I can tell, >echo %PATH% shows the correct path to this .dll:
> c:/Program Files (x86)/CGAL-3.4/auxiliary/gmp/lib
> And all the other 'include' and 'library' files seem correct.
>
> Is there some additional linking necessary for the gmp/lib (other than the 
> PATH
> variable?)  Or is there some other issue using the precompiled gmp libraries
> directly from the windows installer?  (Note:  I am using MSVisualStudio 
> version
> 8.0.50727.42.)  Any help/thoughts re: how to proceed would be greately
> appreciated.
>
> - Luke

Hi Luke,

In order to compile CGAL 3.4 examples (or demos), you need an environment 
variable
CGAL_DIR=c:/Program Files (x86)/CGAL-3.4. By default, CGAL 3.4 installer creates this 
variable.

Please create this variable if it does not exist (and relaunch VC++).
If the problem still occurs, please post CMake and VC++ outputs to this 
mailing list.

Best regards,
Laurent Saboret
INRIA Sophia-Antipolis